Dr. Greenbaum Named Wayne State Mapai Sweeps
Mayoralties of
University's Semitics Librarian
Dr. Alfred A. Greenbaum, I it is a major strain on his lim-
Semitics librarian at Brandeis , ited budget, he makes substan- Largest Cities

University, has been appointed tial allowances for the acquisi- TEL AVIV, (JTA) — Former
librarian in charge of the tion of books on the Near East- Minister of Labor Mordecai
Wayne State University Near ' ern area . . . It is Dr. Purdy's Namir, a member of Premier
Eastern Collection, according earnest hope to build up a Near David Ben-Gurion's Mapai party,
to Dr. G. Flint Purdy, head of Eastern Collection here which was elected Mayor of Tel Aviv
the university libraries. will be among the best in the Sunday.
The 33-year-old Dr. Green- country."
Namir was able to capture
baum, who holds Brandeis'
The clerk who will assist Dr. the seat, long held by the Gen-
first PhD degree in Judaic •Greenbaum is Mrs. Edna Tad- eral Zionists, by a coalition in
studies, will both catalogue and mor, the wife of Dr. Shlomo Tad- the Municipal Council that left
supervise the Hebraica-Judaica mor, adult education director of the General Zionists and the
collection, which has as its nu- the Jewish Center. Mrs. Tadmor,
cleus the Abe Kasle Collection. ' an Israeli, is an efficient He-
Born in Germany in 1925, he brew typist.
Dr. Greenbaum will take up
holds a Harvard degree cum
laude, has received the HarVard his post in January, 1960.
prize for excellence in French
and the Hebrew College alumni
scholarship for study in Jerus- Loan to Nasser
alem.
During his four years as
Brandeis librarian, he organiz- WASHINGTON, (JTA)—The
ed a Hebrew language diction- management of the World Bank
ary catalog, which compares has decided to place before the
favorably with Boston's two bank's directors a proposal to
other Hebraica catalogs.
lend the United Arab Republic
Among his publications, he $56,000.000 to improve the Suez
has his doctoral thesis on Jew- Canal 'despite the UAR's con-
ish scholarship in Soviet Rus- tinued anti-Israel blockade.
sia. He speaks six languages— I A bank spokesman made
Hebrew, German, Yiddish, Rus- known that President Eugene
sian, French and "a smattering Black took the initiative as the
of Arabic.'-' . management of the bank moved
The growing WSU library re- to bring the matter before the
MORDECAI NAMIR
fleets the interest shown by Dr. directors for a decision. It be-1
Purdy in the Near East and came apparent that the 'United i right-wing -Herut Party in the
Judaeo-Christian antiquities and States, which exerts powerful 1 opposition. His election was
influence on western civiliza- influence in the bank, had madelaided by members of the Na-
tion, according to Prof. Abram a policy decision to approve the , tional Religious and Agudist
Spiro, chairman of the depart- . loan to the Nasser government.Iparties.
ment of Near Eastern Lan-
Secretary of State Christian 1 Mordechai Ish-Shalom, also
guages and Literatures._ Herter commented at his press I of Mapai, was elected by an- .
Prof. Spiro commended Dr. ' conference on the U. S. attitude; other coalition vote in Jeru-
Purdy for his "imaginative step toward the loan in connection ! salem. Mapai reached agreement
in creating the post of librarian w i t h , t h e unresolved Israeli with Reuven Raviyah, a member
to be in charge of the Near blockade issue: -Herter said the of the Municipal 'CounCil elected
Eastern Collection . . . Although World Bank was essentially an on the immigrants ticket and
economic
with the
-. .institution and • the: affiliated
. .
. Religious
it is subjected to political list. ',",'•.
AJ Committee 'Survey less
pressure, the greater its value
RaViVyah was promised a Dep
- "*.datft.nalY$
r
N ixon
. . ' s - P raise e A will be.
- tits=: 'MaYorship under a Mapai
Herter described the bank as m ayor. His vote swung the coali-
WASHINGTON. (JTA)—Vice
President Richard M. Nixon - economic rather than political 1 tion to Mapai with 11 of the
commended the American in its structure. "He said diplo-H Council's 21 seats.
Jewish Committee for its. 12- matic pressures should be em-1
year survey of civil rights gains i ployed by governments and not . Lebanese Court Frees
in Amerin and said such -.by the bank. He added that a , •
studies helpa, the nation pcir . . . decision was one that President Jew on Spy Charge
tray American achievements to Black should make. He said he
JERUSALEM, (JTA) — A
;
the world.
did not know when the matter : Jewish defendant accused of
The report, presented to would be finally voted. The See- ; i leading a pro-Israel "spy ring"
Nixon in his office by' James retary said he had discussed the in Lebanon, has been released
H. Scheuer, chairman of matter with Israeli diplomats on nominal bail because of
AJC's Civil Rights .and Civil ; and "leaders."
ilack of sufficient evidence,
Liberties Committee, aidFred-
Rep. Leonard Farhstein, New : after he spent one month in
erick F. Greenman, chairman York Democratic member of the jail, • Beirut Radio announced.
of the Committee's executive House Foreign Affairs Commit- i Elias Mizrachi, a Jewish
board, stresses that "major bar- tee, protested to C. Douglas Dil- ibusinessman, who had been
riers against sigaificant civil :Jon, Under-Secretary of State I charged a month ago 'th
rights progress in the United ' for Econom'c Affairs, against 'heading the alleged "ring," was
States are coming down at an ; the reported loan. He. informed ;released
released on ten pounds bail
accelerated pace." 'It surveys :Mr. Dillon that he was "deeply ;while
while most of the other score
civil rights gains in many disturbed" by reports that such ! accused were released corn-
phases of national life from a loan is imminent despite the pletely for lack of evidence. Of
1948 to 1960.
UAR's continued u n 1 a w f u 1.. 1 the six Jews arrested at that
Nixon told Scheuer and blockade against Israel cargoes time, only one is still under
Greenman th-t America has and shipping. He said he"can- detention.
-
been "taking the rap" on civil not reconcile administration ac-
rights thrJughout the world 1 quiscence in this loan with our
and "not getting credit for our country's tradition to stand on : i Jordan Reported Seeking
achievements." Referring to freedom of the seas and Presi- i West German Reparations
the American Jewish Commit- dent Eisenhower's public con-1 LONDON, (WJA)—According
tee study, Nixon said "we must demnation of the Suez blockade : to a report from Amman, the
co istantly have such re- in 1957."
I Jordanian go
vernment is to ask
examination." I Chairman Emanuel Celler of ' the German Federal govern-
the House Judiciary Committee I meat to compensate Muslims
Slavin to be Inducted
said that a proposed loan to the i who suffered through the ac-
United Arab Republic to im- ! tions of the Nazi regime, in
as President of Old
prove the Suez Canal would be I accordance with its policy of
Timers at Dinner
"detrimental to the best inter- ' compensating victims regardless
The Hannah Schloss Old ests and defense of the United of race." The Jordanian envoy
Timers will hold • their fifth States."
in Bonn is said to be seeking
annual dinner dance - and meet-'
the support of other Arab rep-
Mg Jan. 17 at the Center..
i U.S. Women Back $500,000 resentatives there on this mat-
ter.
Officers and members of the iSchool Project for Israel
The Amman report also
board of directors, elected re- 1.. NEW YORK, (JTA) — The
cently, will be installed as ' conclusion of an agreement for claims that Jordan has received
follows: Harry Slavin, presi- a $500,000 construction project "assurances from the Federal
dent; Abe A. Schmier, vice- by the National Council of Jew- government that no increases
president; Michael Greene, ish Women for the building of in reparations to Israel are
treasurer; and directors William classes and laboratories for , contemplated."
Bramson, Aaron Fellman, Max800 pupils and 100 teachers of According to the same source,
Gealer, Ben Gerber, Alfred A. the
Hebrew University's Model . the Jordanian Foreign Ministry
I
Klunover, John H. Lebow and • High School in Jerusalem was , has completed arrangements
Gus D. Newman..
I announced by Mrs. Charles ; for the establishment of an
Samuel Raskin, president ', Hymes, NCJW president. The ; "Office for Palestine Affairs" at
emeritus; will install the new site of the new structures has , the Ministry, in accordance
officers, assisted by outgoing ; been selected in consultation with the Casablanca conference.
president Irwin I. Cohn. Chair- Iwith the Hebrew University and Maj.-Gen. Muhammed as-Sadi
man for the program is Michael i given to the school by the Israel haS been appointed director of 1

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`Regularization' of Presidents'
Conference Opposed by Orthodox

NEW YORK, (JTA)—Opposi- He said he did not want to
tion to continuance of the Con- argue with Feuerstein, but
ference of Presidents of major merely to correct the "distor-
American Jewish organizations tions" he made. Dr. Goldmanft
in a "regularized" form was ex- , declared:
pressed by the Union of Ortho-
"i. The initiative to 'regularize'
dox Jewish Congregations of the. Presidents' Conference did not
a nmuemteurt offoomrgathnIzI ›trioesnis-
America. Continuance of the dents forfom
conference on an interim basis who felt that after five years of ex-
the Conference should oper-
as a forum of individual mem- istence,
ate in a more regular form with
ber presidents, and not as an elected chairmen and a budget. I
approved of this idea. It is
organization of organizations, fully
the best indication that •the Jewish
was urged by the Orthodox Agency does not want to dominate
the Presidents' Conference because
Union.
this regularization implied obviously
Moses I. Feuerstein, presi- that I should not be any more the
de facto chairman of the conference
dent of the Union of Orthodox since another chairman would be
Jewish Congregations of Amer- elected every year.
ica, stated:
"2. The Presidents' Conference
was never 'dominated' by Zionist
"The problem is compounded groups or by the Jewish Agency.
by the nature of the member- The whole concept of domination
regard to the Presidents' Con-
ship of the Presidents' Confer- with
ference is illogical as the Confer-
ence. In order to assure the ence operates on the principle of
and no majority vote can
Jewish Agency of control, the unanimity,
bind dissenting organizations. With
Zionist organizations comprise regard to the composition of Awe
membership of the Conference, it
practically a majority. They was
based originally on a kind of
vote equally with non-Zionist. 50 - 50 membership as between Zion-
isft
ttnd
non-Zionist groups. The list
organizations, both secular and
pr sidents
by m e
be invited was
bi)o all th e
religious, many of which repre- submitted
o
dents
in
the
first meeting and Pr wa;
esl
sent vast constituencies. While fully approved.
If no new organiza-
the record of the Zionist organi- tion has been admitted, this was
of the whole membership.
zations in the United States is I because
personally have often advocated
a striking one indeed, their pur- the admission of new groups.
"3. The Jewish Agency has never
poses as well as those of the
insisted on providing the whole
American Jewish community budget
or even half of the budget
can be harmed more than bene- of the President's Conference. We
are
perfectly
willing to provide our
fited by the implications inher- share as one of
18 organizations.
ent in such an organization."
"4. I want to conclude by stating

Dr. Goldmann Replies

that in all these years that Mr.
Feuerstein has participated quite

in the meetings of the
Dr. Nahum Goldmann, com- regularly
Conference, he has never raised an
menting on Feurstein's state- objection against its composition
ment, said . that the main con- and the so-called 'domination' by
or the Zionist
tendons made by the leader of oUrigeanjiezwalfohn.,Agency
the Union of Orthodox Jewish
Congregations are "incorrect." Classified ads bring fast results!

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